Fastener for hand-bags and the like.



K. OSWALD.

FASTENER FOR HAND BAGS AND THE LHKE. APPLICATlON man 050.31. 1913.

1, 1 37,41 9. Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

A INVENTOR:

WITNESSES.

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IrVington, in the county of Essex and State -of New Jersey, have invented certain Im- KARI: OSWALD, OF IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

To all whom it may concern r I,

Beit known that I, KARL OswALD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of provements in Fasteners for Hand Bags and the like, of which the following is a specification.

' v The objects of this invention are to combine in such a fastener a primary and secondary lock; to enable them to cooperate in action, and to have both of them positioned a by the same spring;.to cause the primary lock to carry the secondary lock and bring it into position for locking, andto cause the secondary lock to afford finger means for operating the primary lock; to secure 'a compact structure which shall give a neat 1 .and pleasing appearance upon the bag; to

. tain other advantages andresults .asmay secure a simple constructionwhich canbe advantageously manufactured, and to. ob-

- be brought out in the following description.

'.Referring to the accompanying drawings, in ;,which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag framewith its members locked together I bymy improved fastener; Fig.- 2 is a perspective viewof the same with the members :-,opened';Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the frame and its fastener taken on line A-A, Fig. 7; Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show successive steps in releasing the fastener to tail viewfof a certain pivotal rivet for con-.

' swingingapart oropening of these frame. sectlons, elther by'accident- 0r thieves, with carrying the bag, and for this purpose I. 1 provide a primary locking member 4, the

1 opening of which is prevented by. a sec- 1 open thebag; Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section on line B-B of Fig. 3; Fig. 8 is a denecting the two arms of the secondary lock, and Fig; 9 is a similar detail perspective view of a certain torsional spring.

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawings, the reference numerals 1, 2 indicate frame sections of a hand bag or the like, said sections being hinged together at their ends, as at 3, 3, as usuaL; The present invention contemplates novel means for' preventing inadvertent out. attracting the attention of the party *onda'ry locking member 5, both carried by one frame section, as 1, and adapted to en-' gage the other section 2. Said primary Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Apr. 27, 1915.

- l Application filed December 31, 1913 7 Serial No. 809,608.

locking member preferably comprises a knob 6 resiliently carried upon the top of the frame section 1, and adapted to overlie the top of both frame sections when they are closed together. For pivotally and resiliently mounting said knob 6, I secure to the top of the frame section-:1 two posts 9, '10 spaced apart longitudinally'of the bag side of the center thereof. Preferably the knob is secured, as by soldering, midway of thelength of the bar 13, but obviously such details may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Arranged longitudinally within the hollow bar 13 isatorsional spring 14, preferably comprising a piece of flattened wire, se-

cured at one end to the bar 13 and at the other end to. the bag frame section 1 in any suitable manner, suchfor instance as shown more particularly in. Figs. 7 and 9. This consists. in clamping the endof the spring 14 within the end of the bar 13 by flattening or squeezing the end ofthe bar againstthe end of the spring, it being preferable to restrict the flattened portion of the bar to the part thereof within the post 10 so as not to affect the surface of the bar bearing in the socket 12. The other end of the bar 13 is left open and the spring 14 projects out of the same and is bent toward the bag-frame section as at 15. If necessary, the bent end 15 is provided with afoot 16 which projects laterally to rest upon the top of the bag frame section 1 and aid in preventing turning of that end of the spring. Obviously atorsional or twisting movement of the hollow bar 13 and knob 6 will be resisted by the spring 14, and said bar and knob will normally assume a given position, which of course is upright with respectv to the bag =-frame' and such that'the knob overlies both of the frame-sections when they are closed together. I

In the under side of the knob 6 is a notch or recess 17 and projecting from the top of the bag frame section 2 is a stud or detent 28 adapted to snap into the recess 17 and cooperatewith the primary locking member FASTENER FOR HAND-BAGS AND THE LIKE l V described, to releasably hold the frame sections-together, as will be understood by those skilled in the art. In order to lock this primary lock against inadvertent open v ing I provide the secondary lock 5 which prevented from tilting, with the arms in locking position shown in Figs. land 3, and

tively held together betweenthe-arms 18, 18. Said arms are preferably mounted upon a pivotal rivet- 19. extending transversely through the knob 6 and provided with squared ends'20'on which the arms 18, 18 are non-rotatably secured as by heading over the ends of the rivet 19, and consequently both arms will swing-in unison. It will of course be understood that said arms swing in the plane of the bag frame, and to retain the same in looking position,

'1 preferably stamp protuberances 21, 21

upon opposite outer sides or flanges 0f the bag frame sections, and hollow out themside faces of the arms as at 22, 22 to take over such protuberances. Enough effort has to be exerted to disengage'the arms from these protuberances so that accidental opening" of the bag is prevented and the likelihood of thieves gaining access to the interior of the hand-bag unnoticed is remote.

appearance of the device, I preferably shape the knob substantially spherical except for its two opposite sides which are flattened to provide bearing surfaces for the arms 18, 18, andv the pivotal rivet for these arms preferably extends diametrically through the center of the sphere. The arms are then shaped at their pivoted ends to conform' with the contour of the knob, and in this manner, when the arms are swung up into open position, the surface of the arm forms a continuation of the curved under surface of the knob and allows the stud or detent to wedgingly engage the arm and pass into engagement with the knob as the bag 'is being closed.

In operation, the bag-being closed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the arms 18, 18 are first swung upward as shown in Fig. 4, although said arms need not be swung through 180, as shown, but can be swung only about 90; furthermore, said arms can be swung swung the other moves with arms have been disengaged from the frame section 2, the primary locking member is disengaged, by simply tilting it in a manner already well-known in the art and illustrated in Fig. 5, and said tilting the arms 18, 18, inwhatever position they maybe, afford a finger hold for exerting the neces--1 manipulating the fastener and the bag thus opened as'sliown in Fig. 6.1It has jbeen found in practice that my improved rounded, not only presents a very neat and pleasing appearance. but is also agreeable to the touch in operating.

Various modifications of details can .of course be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I do not Wish tobe understood as limiting myselfexcept as required by the following claims when con strued in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described the inventiomwhat to swing in the plane "ofthe frame sectionsand lie outsidethe In order to add to the neat and attractive frame sections, of a primary locking member construction, ,made as described, and with the tops of the posts 9,10 closed and in addition the bag frame sections are posion one of said sections arranged and'adapted to tilt in a plane transverse to said sections and normally engaging the other section to prevent separation of the said sections, and an arm mounted on said primary locking member to swing in the plane of the frame sections and lie outside the section which does not carry the primary locking when said sections are closed- 3. The combination with a pair of hinged frame sections, of a primary locking member on one of said sections arranged and adapted to tilt in a plane transverse to said sections and normally engagingthe other section to prevent separation of'the said sections, and

ing member to swing in planes parallel to member the frame sections and lie outside the same when they are, closed.

frame sections, of a primary locking member to tilt in a-plane transverse to sections and normally engaglng the other section to prevent separation of the said sections, and

asecondary locking. member comprising a. The combination with a pair of ta s on one of said sections arranged and a dapted V the same when they are closed, and pivoting means extending between said arms through said primary locking member .and holding the arms against turning independentlyof each other. I

- 5. The combination with a pair of hinged frame sections, of spaced posts on one of said sections, a hollow bar having its ends journaled in said posts, a torsion spring inside said hollow bar, said spring engaging the hollow bar at one end to turn therewith and at its other end engaging a fixed part to 15 prevent turning, and a body on said hollow .bar' adapted to engage'the other frame sec tion and releasably hold said sections against separation.

KARL OSWALD.

Witnesses HOWARD P. KING, JANET A. AYERS.

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